Sunday 17 August 2014

A morning listening to GOB Radio (The Government Organisation for Broadcasting)

Toe sockpuppet: And now the news with Eton-striped sockpuppet.

Eton-striped sockpuppet: Victorious government forces have withdrawn from that place you probably haven’t heard of and don’t care about. Their presence there was in no way linked to that country’s vast oil reserves and citizens may attend any of numerous victory homecoming parades in the coming weeks. A government spokesman reiterated that the mission to that place somewhere was entirely successful and in no way a failure.

In other news, nasty socialists have claimed that the Department for Work and Pensions is enacting illegal procedures that help no-one. The DWP say that this is simply untrue; their figures are out of date and if anything things are now much worse than the socialists claim.

That thing that may or may not have happened yesterday probably didn’t happen so you might as well forget about it. Next the sports news with light-brown sockpuppet.

Light-brown sockpuppet: Football, football, football. Incredibly football is on holiday for a few weeks so I can only tell you about the likely goings on and happenings that could occur in the upcoming season. Until then there’s tennis news: a Scottish tennis player whose name I don’t remember lost a tennis match today in a tennis tournament somewhere or other. Now the travel with mauve sockpuppet.

Mauve sockpuppet: The travel has in no way been affected by that thing that may or may not have happened yesterday but probably didn’t. There are long tailbacks at junction 13 of the M1 near a marginal constituency, probably caused by inefficient, over-staffed, state-funded road works. Police are advising motorists in the Doncaster area to avoid the town centre due to a burst water main that was in no way caused by privatisation of the water industry.

Toe sockpuppet: Now over to Pringle sockpuppet with this morning’s phone-in.

Pringle sockpuppet: Thanks toe sockpuppet. Our phone-in topic today is “Isn’t the Queen’s dress nice.” So please get those calls in and phone on the usual phone number.

Caller One (Possible human): I don’t understand why you aren’t discussing the bizarre contradiction that a supposedly modern, democratic society is represented by an incredibly wealthy hereditary monarch?

Pringle sockpuppet: Today’s discussion is about the Queen’s clothes caller one...

Caller One: Why aren’t you debating that thing that happened yester... [       ]

Pringle sockpuppet: Right... ha, ha, haa. What a loony! Who’s next? Caller two...

Caller Two (Regular polycotton-mix sockpuppet): I like the Queen; she’s an incredibly honourable and highly respected person: so calm, so tranquil, almost spiritually pure but I don’t think that dress yesterday was one of her best. The colour didn’t match her pearls.

Pringle sockpuppet: Controversial. You’re certainly welcome to your opinion; we live in a free society after all, but I think most normal, sensible people will disagree strongly with your somewhat extreme point of view. What does caller three think?

Caller Three (Slipper sockpuppet): The Queen looked absolutely beautiful yesterday, as always, but she was especially dazzling and sparkling yesterday. Lemon yellow really set off the diamonds in her crown: I thought it was the height of style, elegance and sophistication.

Pringle sockpuppet: And so say all of us caller three. You’re absolutely right that the Queen is truly a supreme and excellent being who transcends the mundanity of most ordinary people’s lives. We are very lucky to have her and I’m sure most sensible, well-balanced citizens would agree with your considered point of view. You know the great thing about our Queen is that she is so down-to-earth yet at the same time uniquely special.

OK that wraps up today’s phone-in now it’s over to stripy cotton sockpuppet for today’s denigration of public services, stripy cotton sockpuppet...

Stripy cotton sockpuppet: Thanks Pringle sockpuppet, what a wonderful discussion about the Queen’s dress, it really was a wonderful sight wasn’t it? It’s important to remember that although most public services are rubbish, inefficiently organised and probably better off run by charities for free, the Queen is one great British institution who truly offers superb value for money.

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